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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 2h

The politicians who dare to say, "Tax the rich" are the ones who will be elected.

If they live.

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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · 4h

#TaxTheRich
#EndOligarchy

Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 4h

When governments "borrow" FROM the rich instead of taxing the rich it means they pay lots of interest TO the rich every year.

It also means government cuts back on the things it is supposed to do to make people's lives better.

Tax the rich instead of borrow from the rich.

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 2h

Everyone knows:

1) The rich are getting richer and richer in a rigged system
2) Living standards for a lot of people are falling

But people don't see that #2 is BECAUSE of #1.

The increase of wealth at the top is COMING FROM the living standards of the rest. It's where people's money is going.

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 4h

Fed Chair Paul Volker in 1979, “The standard of living of the average American has to decline,” he said. “I don't think you can escape that.”

And sure enough, he got the ball rolling!
www.nytimes.com/1979/10/18/a...

Volcker Asserts U.S. Must Trim Living Standard (Published 1979)

www.nytimes.com

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 4h

"Trade" was supposed to bring benefits to everyone. Instead, powerful wealthy people took all those benefits for themselves. The rest got layoffs, busted unions, wage cuts, etc.

Functioning democracies would not have allowed that.

Now AI is about to do the same -- tenfold.

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 4h

When governments "borrow" FROM the rich instead of taxing the rich it means they pay lots of interest TO the rich every year.

It also means government cuts back on the things it is supposed to do to make people's lives better.

Tax the rich instead of borrow from the rich.

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 6h

Important thread to understand implications of end of Rule of Law in the US. The Supreme Court is on the edge of that.

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 12h

The next Supreme Court term is shaping up to be the most consequential since 1937. Depending on how it rules, it may cease to be accepted as a legitimate arbiter, and even nullify its own power as an independent judiciary.

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

ALSO Countries can tax the rich or they can "borrow" from the rich and then pay huge amounts of interest TO the rich.

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

The choice is always tax the rich and their corporations and do things to make regular people's lives better,

OR

Cut taxes the rich and make regular people's lives worse.

Countries where the rich (and their corporations) fund the political system choose to not tax the rich.

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 22h

You get what you pay for.

share.google/quxB0NBCFQkD...

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy

share.google

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Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 7h

There is no army on earth that can defeat this.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 7h

Read this to understand the world of crypto, Trump, Farage and the oligarchs.

THIS is the world these despots want.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...

Opinion | Someone Tipped Me Off About a Crypto Story. What I Found Was Crazy.

www.nytimes.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16h

Antisemitic, pro-Putin, in league with white nationalists, promoted the Pizzagate conspiracy theory - and now being platformed by the president of the United States

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16h

The president of the United States thinks there are no stores in Portland, OR.
The president of the United States is mentally unhinged – and dangerous.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 16h

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 22h

It seems this is an admission of liability. Doesn't this mean they'll have to put fences between all pavement, bike lanes and traffic everywhere?

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22h

It's a little too spot on when the NYT The Daily podcast episode about rising fascism in the streets of Chicago is sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute

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Jay @itsjaymkay.bsky.social · 22h

There’s no hate quite like Christian love.

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Scott Adamson @scottadamson1960.bsky.social · 22h

Man, you can just feel the Christian love, can't you?

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 22h

You get what you pay for.

share.google/quxB0NBCFQkD...

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy

share.google

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Dave Winer @scripting.com · 1d

If you want to stay free, find a way to work with other people. Even working with people you agree with is pretty hard for most people apparently.

Work. With.

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

Waiting a year before a rent auction is too long. It should be 6 most at most.

Will Stone MP @willstonemp.bsky.social · Jan 3

Swindon has fantastic shops, but empty, boarded-up properties are holding our high streets back.

The govt’s High Street Rental Auction will empower local councils to act—auctioning long-vacant premises to let local businesses & groups rent them, revitalizing our community

The image shows boarded up shops on a high street. The text above reads “local leaders given powers to take action if landlords leave high street shops empty for 12 months”. At the bottom left it says “will stone MP, Swindon North.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, but none of this is possible without hundreds of MPs and almost the entire national press screaming at the public that protestors are scum who must be stomped upon.

lan Dunt• @iandunt.bsky.social • 9m
It's properly unconscionable that the Home Office has created this situation. It should never have been allowed to happen and once it did happen it should have been immediately reversed.
The New World @thenewwo... • 10m
BREAKING: The metropolitan police arrest a man for carrying a copy of our magazine. This is a threat to both journalism and freedom to protest

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

How to think about America's Constitution & democracy:

Substitute "We the People" for the word "government."

Substitute "The King and his nobles" for "the rich & their corporations.

When Republicans say "It is wrong for government to tax the rich and regulate corporations," what are they saying?

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Arkenor @arkenor.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Don't get kidnapped while Starmer is in charge.

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